King Pietersen
ICC Board Member
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2006
- Location
- Manchester
This is sort of a mix between the best upcoming bowler and batsmen threads, but allows you to name the eleven players that you believe will be the Test and ODi teams for your nation. I'll start with England, and the Test squad:
Alastair Cook (C)
Joe Denly
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Ravi Bopara
Samit Patel
Steve Davies (WK)
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Tim Bresnan
James Anderson/Graeme Onions
I think that's a pretty cracking line-up tbh. You'd expect Pietersen to still be around in 5 years, and Ian Bell could have become a far more mature and consistent batsman in that time. You'd also expect Jimmy Anderson to have been ditched in 5 years if he hasn't become more consistent, and he will only be 31 in 5 years, so could be the Flintoff type consistent bowler in 5 years time. Rashid, Broad and Bresnan are also very useful with the bat as well, so there's plenty of batting, and also part-time bowling from Patel and Bopara.
I'd be more than happy to see that line-up for England in 5 years time, just proves that there's plenty of decent players knocking about the County system and they just need to be given a chance. As for an ODi team, I'd probably go for:
Joe Denly
Jonathan Trott
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Ravi Bopara
Dawid Malan
Samit Patel
Steve Davies (WK)
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Tim Bresnan
James Anderson
Denly and Trott opening, then in place of Bell in the Test squad I went with Dawid Malan into the middle order. He's impressed me immensely everytime I've seen him, and he played very well in the Stanford 20/20 against England, and in the County games shown on Sky last season. Rest of the squad remains the same as the Test side, with the only difficult choice being captain, with me just going with KP.
Your turn now, who'd you go for for your country? and your opinion on my team?
Alastair Cook (C)
Joe Denly
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Ravi Bopara
Samit Patel
Steve Davies (WK)
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Tim Bresnan
James Anderson/Graeme Onions
I think that's a pretty cracking line-up tbh. You'd expect Pietersen to still be around in 5 years, and Ian Bell could have become a far more mature and consistent batsman in that time. You'd also expect Jimmy Anderson to have been ditched in 5 years if he hasn't become more consistent, and he will only be 31 in 5 years, so could be the Flintoff type consistent bowler in 5 years time. Rashid, Broad and Bresnan are also very useful with the bat as well, so there's plenty of batting, and also part-time bowling from Patel and Bopara.
I'd be more than happy to see that line-up for England in 5 years time, just proves that there's plenty of decent players knocking about the County system and they just need to be given a chance. As for an ODi team, I'd probably go for:
Joe Denly
Jonathan Trott
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Ravi Bopara
Dawid Malan
Samit Patel
Steve Davies (WK)
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Tim Bresnan
James Anderson
Denly and Trott opening, then in place of Bell in the Test squad I went with Dawid Malan into the middle order. He's impressed me immensely everytime I've seen him, and he played very well in the Stanford 20/20 against England, and in the County games shown on Sky last season. Rest of the squad remains the same as the Test side, with the only difficult choice being captain, with me just going with KP.
Your turn now, who'd you go for for your country? and your opinion on my team?
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